This Week’s GOP Agenda: February 27

While Congress was on recess last week, many representatives and senators held town hall meetings. They were met by angry constituents expressing outrage over the Muslim ban, rollbacks on environmental regulations, and the Republican administration’s intent to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Those Republican members of Congress who decided NOT to host meetings were generally stalked by groups of their constituents who bought billboards, took out ads in newspapers, and put photos on milk cartons to draw attention to their missing congresspersons.

Meanwhile, in the White House, Trump banned mainstream media outlets such as CNN, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times from the White House briefing room. Of particular interest on the GOP agenda for this Tuesday — the House Judiciary Committee is expected to sweep under the rug a resolution of inquiry that would force Trump to disclose his business conflicts of interest and ties with Russia. The Republican-controlled committee will likely reject the measure, avoid a full House vote, and quietly move on since Tuesday is also the first time Trump will address Congress — in a speech that promises to dominate the news cycle.